“"Are we human or are we dancer?" Brandon Flowers once asked with the Killers. But as he proves on his excellent new solo album, he sounds most human exactly when he's dancer. The Desired Effect is easily his strongest work since the Killers' 2008 keeper Day & Age, and it's similarly full of synth-disco flourishes. Flowers gets a boost from producer Ariel Rechtshaid, who brings the same New Wave gl”
“On The Desired Effect, Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers goes deep into the pomp of the '80s with the help of producer Ariel Rechtshaid. There are huge Killers-ready songs to fill stadiums or casinos and hoary love songs, but Flowers can’t help but trip over himself as he’s writing.”
